“How are you feeling?” asked my doctor. For the past five years, I stumbled around in a constant gray brain fog. I no longer had the motivation to run, to craft, to read. Things I once loved to do, things that I thought defined me, exhausted me. But I chalked it up to being a…
We were at a friend’s house for brunch, and she put out a little box full of delicately folded magazine pages. Turns out, they were little boxes that were intended to be used as tiny wastebaskets for fish bones and other meal detritus. I learned that her mom would take a discarded magazine, rip out…
Over two decades ago, my mom and I were browsing in a little boutique garden shop in San Diego. It was right around Halloween, and there was a display in front covered in these little beaded spiders. I fell in love with their spindly legs, and their teeter-tottery nature. My mom saw my fascination and…
Kenzie was lucky enough to be gifted a couple American Girl dolls, which we absolutely love. But we didn’t have the space (or the money) for a huge dollhouse. So I went the DIY route using a couple shelving units from Target and some decor for Dollar Tree. I thrifted the rest from garage sales…
This might have to go down in the books as one of the most enjoyable mornings of my life. My conference didn’t start until late in the afternoon, so I had a whole stretch of the day to explore the city. I decided to wander around Williamsburg, a wonderfully diverse neighborhood on the west end…
I got to spend the day exploring Brooklyn, it’s definitely a different vibe than Manhattan. From three generations of tanned, leathery men playing dominoes on a folding card table perched on their front stoop; to a tiny bar that opens up onto a beautiful hidden patio; the little I’ve seen of Brooklyn so far is…
This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something through them, I may earn a few pennies commission, thank you! I had an idea in my head, it didn’t work out…but this second iteration worked out beautifully. My initial idea was to use up my adhesive vinyl scraps on pre-cut wood discs, but when I…
Every once in awhile, my brain emerges from mommy fog and I have an A-HA! moment. This was one of those few and far between moments. I used my Cricut Explore Air 2 to cut name tags out of the plastic report covers you can get at the dollar store. First, I split the folder…
This post contains affiliate links, so maybe if you buy a bento lunchbox, I might make a whole penny. Then again, I’d never say no to a penny. Money’s money! 🙂 Kenzie’s first week of kindergarten was a success! There were some meltdowns on the first day of school, like when the bus didn’t show…
This coming Monday, Kenzie starts kindergarten. We’ve been really fortunate in that for her entire life thus far, we’ve had Mommy-Kenzie Tuesdays. Just the two of us would spend the day together, going on adventures (like sushi-Ikea dates, and hitting up local play spaces to craft and make a mess). As we get closer to…
This post contains affiliate links, so maybe if you buy $7 worth of jellybeans that have a 50/50 chance of tasting like stinky socks or rotting fish, I might be able to one day send my kid to college. Momming a five-year-old is like playing a never-ending game of dare and double dare. This week,…
If you have a kid, then you likely have a pile of outgrown clothing that are too destroyed to gift or donate. Here’s one way you can get a little more utility out of that pile of rags! All you need is an old long-sleeve shirt, two 9″ long pieces of 1/4″ elastic, a needle…